Impaired consciousness in ancient medical texts /
"Employs a contemporary medical perspective to explore ancient ideas about the workings of the body, the soul and the mind -which underpin the notion of consciousness- challenging, thereby, some established ideas about mental illness in antiquity. All the ancient texts are translated and the th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2026.
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| Series: | Cambridge classical studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Employs a contemporary medical perspective to explore ancient ideas about the workings of the body, the soul and the mind -which underpin the notion of consciousness- challenging, thereby, some established ideas about mental illness in antiquity. All the ancient texts are translated and the theoretical concepts clearly explained"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 1009616579 9781009616577 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009616577 |